Shamsiya Surname
Approximately 3,967 people bear this surname
Shamsiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,923 | 1:45,155 | 3,515 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Shamsiya (32,962) may also be a first name.
Shamsiya Demographics
Shamsiya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shamsiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamsiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamsiya (Hindi: शमसिया, Marathi: शमसीया) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamsiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shamsiya is the 116,250th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,837,042 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shamsiya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shamsiya is also the 25,905th most common forename globally It is held by 32,962 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,923 people, or 1 in 45,155. In Nigeria it is most common in: Jigawa, where 26 percent are found, Zamfara, where 26 percent are found and Sokoto, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found.
Shamsiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Shamsiya last name is chiefly Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamsiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamsiya in the Hindi language | ||
| शमसिया | samasiya | 67.69 |
| शम्सिया | samsiya | 16.92 |
| शमसीया | samasiya | 9.23 |
| शम्सीया | samsiya | 3.08 |
| शाम्सिया | samsiya | 1.54 |
| शामसिया | samasiya | 1.54 |
| Shamsiya in the Marathi language | ||
| शमसीया | samasiya | 63.64 |
| शमिसया | samisaya | 18.18 |
| शांसीया | sansiya | 9.09 |
| शांसीय | sansiya | 9.09 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shamsiya
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